Went along the long side first then pulled tight and stapled the other
4 Staples in each end should be plenty
One done. Only took about half an hour to staple them all in on each seat. Stapler was not strong enough to sink each staple fully in so I had to go along and tap them home with a hammer.
All Done, now just need to fit them
Above shows the colour difference between varnished/unvarnished. Obviously the one onthe right has been treated but I was quite surprised how much darker it went with clear varnish on. However the varnish brings out the grain and gives it a lovely shinny finish. 6 hours till touch dry....Man! I am desperate to get the webbing on as I can then fit the seats.
Whilst in B&Q last I bought a thin strip of shaped pine to finish the solar panel off. Just mitred the ends then epoxied down.
Seats laid out and ready to be joined. I am going for a gap of just over 25 cm between front and back as I have ordered 5cm thick webbing. This will allow 5 lengths left to right.
Cutting seat hangers, not fun, I ended up messing up a few of these.
Marking out where the seats will go on the inside of the canoe
This is one of the seat frames that I smashed. I didn't listen to the little voice that was telling me to cut down in more than one spot before going at it with a chisel. Luckily I had just enough of cuts to make another, but only enough for one. So it was a bit tense chisel the rest of the joints.
All done and epoxied together (Faithful clamps once again employed) 
A bit bright in the photo but they are all sanded down nicely.
Shaped the ends to curves (Again with the belt sander) back past where the screw had been in at the ends.
Ended up buying a sanding 'flapper' attachment for my drill. So glad I did, not cheap at £9.99 but probably one of the most useful things I have bought during this project
Finished off all round with hand sanding with sheets of 80
I will do a final sand of 120 sheets before epoxy/varnish finishing.
I ended up doing one side at a time, left over night then then other. Glad I did as I needed a clamp about every 6 inches to keep it all in the right spot. As the gunwales are mounted higher than the top of the canoe there was not as much contact between wood and wood (If you see what I mean!) as I would have liked. So Clamps every where were a must.
As I had already attached the splash decks I found I had nothing to clamp the outwale to........Got a bit ahead of my self I think. Next time I will wait till the gunwales are complete before doing splash decks.
Ended up having to use a screw to hold in the gunwale. Not ideal as it will leave a hole to be finished but there was no other way. I tried rope, elaborate wooden contraptions and clamps to clamp, none of it worked sufficiently so..... drilled small hole and half screwed in. This also worked a treat at the end of the gunwale, almost like a ring in a bulls nose to hold the two sides together properly.
Clamps and screws off and it all stayed put!
Pass the sander (again) 
Just normal electrical tape has been really useful
I found I had to put extra tape down on the seams as it kept trying to lift
Worked really well again, lifted tape of before it had dried properly, just going tacky, so I didn't ended up having to rip it off
Ready to cut and staple the webbing
